| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | S 920 | |
| Title: | HEAD OF BEARDED MALE PORTRAIT | |
| Category: | Sculpture | |
| Category Code: | S | |
| Object Number: | 920 | |
| Description: | Head of portrait of older bearded man; c. life-size; wears headdress consisting of thick, rolled fillet crowned by a tall, layered myrtle (?) wreath; consists of 4 horizontal rows of stylized leaves; headdress is flat on top; crown of head finished roughly with punch; intense, serious expression; forehead creased with three long horizontal grooves; vertical lines and deep horizontal crease between eyes; eyes deeply set, almond-shaped; eyebrows protrude sharply; irises engraved; pupils carved in shape of pelta; lower edge of pupil touches lower eyelid; inner corners of eyes lightly drilled; cheeks carefully modelled; nose originally had pronounced outward curve; hair over center forehead is thin and flat, carved in shallow relief with chisel; on either side of forehead, high-relief crescent-shaped locks curling downward (cut with chisel); drill in curls over temples and along cheeks and in beard; thick moustache of narrow parallel strands covers upper lip; back of head unfinished and roughly worked with point; rasp marks on fillet; flesh surfaces carefully smoothed; closest sytlistic parallel from Sardis. | |
| Attributes: | Fillet Wreath | |
| Material: | Fine-crystalled white marble | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Frgt., preserving head of statue, from top of headdress to mouth; chin and lower part of beard lacking; ears, tip of nose; eyebrows chipped; blackened in areas; area on r. side of crown repaired in antiquity. | |
| Dimensions Actual: | W00.24 (wreath) W00.13 (temples) W00.03 (inner eyes) W00.07 (mouth) | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | H00.303 (max) H00.175 (face) | |
| Period: | Late Roman (5th -6th c AD) | |
| Chronology: | First half 5th century A.C. | |
| Area: | Peribolos of Apollo | |
| Context: | NB49 P128 | |
| Bibliography: | Johnson 1931, Corinth 9, cat. 321; Hesperia 1981, p. 448; DeGrazia, diss, P217, N53.; Corinth 20, 2003. | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Publication: De Grazia, Excavations of the American school ... 1980 Monument: Peribolos of Apollo Images (13) Basket: NB49 P128 Notebook Page: NB 49, spread 45 (p. 128) |
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